And what exactly are facts? If you are talking about scientific facts, then they have been proved no more implicity than religious ideas. There is only more empirical evidence to support theories, which don't forget are merely fictions standing on no higher a level than religious ideas. Empirical evidence does not transform a theory into a fact, it only enhances its apparent ability to predict situations to which it applies. It does not transform it into a implicit truth. So in the grand scheme of things, religious ideas are no more false than scientific theories as both are merely works of fiction, and pure mathematics is the only true science because it is based on the reflexively self-justifying proposition that 1=1!I'm not really arguing your point here, just your use of the word fact.

As for arguing your point......I think that discriminating on the part of religious belief is unfair. Almost anybody who comes into power of a country is going to have a predisposed belief or idea about certain things, whether or not these ideas are of a religious kind. Some people may be racist towards black people, some may favour young people over old, a man may favour male rights over womens. You see where I'm going here. All of these, although not of a religious kind, may directly influence the policy decision of a leader. So really you'd have to stop anybody with any predetermined ideas about anything becoming leader, which would eliminate pretty much everybody!! To discriminate solely against religious people would not only be unfair, but would ultimately be pointless in your attempt to eradicate predetermined ideas from the minds of leaders.